Hult Prize Students Competition has officially been launched by the University of Nairobi Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama. The launch took place on September 4, 2020 at the Council Chambers. The winner will get US$ 1 million (Kshs 100 million) to implement their projects.
The University of Nairobi wishes to inform all students from the Colleges Of Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences, Architecture & Engineering, Biological & Physical Sciences, Education & External Studies and ODeL Campus who qualified for the award of various degrees and diplomas at the end of last academic year (2019/2020) and members of the public, that the 63rd Graduation Ceremony will be held VIRTUALLY on Friday, September 25, 2020 commencing at 8.00 a.m. at the Great Court.
The University of Nairobi will for the first time in history conduct orientation for first year students exclusively online due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
The orientation to be held from 31st August -4th September 2020 will see new students acquainted with what life is like in campus.
The September intake is an important time for many young students transitioning from high school to university where they will not only acquire specialized education but get to learn how to live independently away from parents and guardians.
The Academic Year 2020/2021 will commence on Monday 31 August 2020 and the first thing you need is your letter of Admission. If you do not have your letter of admission, please write an email to admissions@uonbi.ac.ke with details of your name, programme to which you have been admitted to and KCSE Index Number..
Orientation, registration, classes and examination will all be exclusively be conducted online via various virtual platforms.
In April 2020, the University management decided to mainstream the use of online tools for registration, orientation, teaching and learning for new students admitted to 2020/2021 academic year.
It is a time to celebrate. The University of Nairobi marks 50 years since it was transformed into the first national University in Kenya on July 1, 1970.
The University of Nairobi owes its origin to several developments in higher education within the country and the region. The idea of an institution for higher learning in Kenya goes back to 1947 when the Kenya Government drew up a plan for the establishment of a technical and commercial institute in Nairobi.
The University of Nairobi, Kisumu Campus today hosted the institute for Development studies (IDS), and informal worker’s organization and social protection(SPIWORK) project on social protection and informal economy research project for the period 2017-2020 being implemented by the IDS in collaboration with Roskilde University in Denmark and Mzumbe University in Tanzania.
1st International Conference on Disability Rights Awareness and Empowerment took place in Nairobi University kisumu campus at the auditorium as from 2nd to 4th of December 2019.
Dr. Scholastica Omondi the Associate Dean School of Law Unveiled a mentorship Program on Faculty and Students which involved panel discussions. The guest speaker was Prof.Tom Ojienda-SC.
